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Overview When air quality drops, the mechanical bird simulates fainting and death by succumbing to gravity and hanging upside‑down. The original Birdie debuted...
Background Selling the smart home has been hard. Even Amazon has lost money in the space, despite putting hundreds of millions of Echo devices in people's home...
Overview Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. A new study has found that many of these tools share data not only with employe...
When Microsoft announced it was acquiring GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal in 2018, developers were nervous. Some were concerned about Microsoft controlling GitHub...
Deal Overview Spotify and Universal Music Group UMG have announced a licensing agreement that enables users to prompt the creation of AI‑generated remixes and...
Overview Spotify is launching a new “Reserved” program that will offer concert tickets to “real fans” of participating bands on tour. The program aims to give...
Overview Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. The AI‑ge...
Image: Innovative Dreams – a new production company by Luma and Wonder Project Lowpass by Janko Roettgers – a newsletter on the ever‑evolving intersection of te...
Price is a big barrier for most people who’d like to try out smart glasses for gaming, watching movies, or using their computers. Many models are $400 and up, b...
Compute Partnership Between SpaceX and Anthropic Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocke...
Four decades on, ’80s‑style science‑fiction adventures continue to exert their influence on modern film and TV. The idea of a group of kids teaming up to face a...
Overview The Flipper One isn’t quite complete yet, as the company is seeking feedback and ideas from its community. It follows the popular but controversial Fl...
Me and my buddies. | Photo by Rose Tuohy for The Verge Welcome! I'm The Verge's smart home reviewer, and I'm hosting an exclusive subscriber AMA today at 10 AM...
Details Image: Hey chat, are billionaires cooked? Photo by kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a streaming ser...
Overview Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a p...
Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email f...
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways...
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways...
SpaceX has formally filed its S‑1 prospectus with the SEC, opening the door to what could become the largest initial public offering ever when it lists on the N...
Demis Hassabis on drug discovery at Google I/O Let’s unpack what Demis Hassabis said at the end of yesterday’s Google I/O keynote. Toward the end of this year'...
A quick note: Regulator will be on hiatus for the next two weeks while I take a much‑needed vacation. Unfortunately, this means I'll be missing the public relea...
Coming to your homescreen soon: your own app. Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge 'There's an app for that' was the promise of the App Store from the very beginn...
Volvo once had ambitions to fully exit the gas‑car business. Now it’s trying to keep its tenuous foothold in the EV market. It’s not an understatement to say th...
Overview Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Om...
Samsung Electronics workers gathered outside the company's semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek on April 23, ahead of a planned strike. More than 47,000 employees...
Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy Microsoft has recruited game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer. Ball...
Image: Google Some ads will have chatbots built in. Google's AI‑powered Search era now extends to its ads. When you search for a product, Google's Gemini AI cha...
Whether you’re heading out for a quick Memorial Day getaway or preparing for summer travel, a reliable power bank can come in handy when there’s no outlet in si...
High school graduation is a time of change that might be felt more deeply by family members than by the grads themselves. While some grads may immediately embar...
Anker Zolo MagSafe Power Bank 10,000 mAh, Qi 7.5 W Having personally tested a variety of MagSafe power banks for an upcoming piece, I can say it’s tough to fin...
If robust AI labeling had been in place when the swanky images of Pope Francis went viral, it might have been easier for people to recognize them as fake. Image...
Overview The T1 Phone was slated to begin shipping last week. Screenshot: Trump Mobile Alleged Data Leak Just as the T1 Phone is on the verge of release, Trump...
Introduction Insta360 has launched its new Mic Pro wireless microphone system, following an initial teaser at NAB 2026. The system introduces several industry‑...
When the member states of the United Nations reviewed their Global Compact on Migration earlier this month, one country was conspicuously absent from the discus...
For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past si...
Overview Utah may host one of the world's most colossal data centers, despite stark warnings from experts and fierce public backlash. Earlier this month, commi...
Apple TV is best known for its lineup of science fiction shows/entertainment/915640/silo-season-2-apple-tv-date-trailer and feel‑good sitcoms/streaming/869239/t...
Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple’s Handoffhttps://www.theverge.com/2014/6/2/5765528/apple-airdrop-now-shares-between-ios-and-os-x-dev...
Upcoming Samsung Electronics Strike More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers are gearing up for an 18‑day strike after bonus‑payment negotiations between t...
Mercedes’ electric AMG GT 4-door coupe can go 0‑60 in 2 seconds The era of ultra‑high performance Mercedes EVs is here. The German automaker finally revealed i...
!Pixel Watch 4 running Wear OS 6 Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Overview Google announced Wear OS 7 at this year’s I/O event, detailing new feature...
Plex is set to raise the price of its lifetime Pass to $749.99 on July 1, after having already increased it from $119.99 to $249.99 last March. At the new price...
Quote from Demis Hassabis > 'Google's cutting‑edge research and products will help unlock AGI's incredible potential for the benefit of the entire world. When...
Highlights What better way to unwind from a two‑hour‑long keynote presentation than to pour over the weirdest and wildest details, from a Gmail bot you can con...
Last year, after watching Google's I/O keynote, I wrote that it felt like Google's future was Google googling. After watching this year's I/O keynote on Tuesday...
Nintendo Switch 2 “Choose Your Game” Bundle Nintendo recently teased the “Choose Your Game” Switch 2 console and digital‑game bundle, slated for early June. Se...
Google has big promises for its AI‑powered future — and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it claims wil...
A handful of Democrats called an unofficial hearing on Capitol Hill Monday to slam the Department of Justice's “trivial” and “pathetic” settlement with Live Nat...
